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Singing and dancing
for new possibility with the Tserings, Tenzins, Nyimas, and Sonams.
Hi
Friends,
This is great news for all who love the conversation for possibility! The
First Landmark Forum in Dharamsala, in Himachal Pradesh, India, took place
this past weekend on December 6, 7, 8 and 10, 2002! This is the first
Landmark Forum for the Tibetan Community and I am so excited to share it
with you all as I was a participant in this course as a reviewer.
It
was a remarkable experience to see how transformation took place in this
new place, for this new community, with around 120 Tibetan participants,
which included some monks. Led by the amazing Landmark Forum Leader from
the United States, Richard Condon, there were also around 10 reviewers
from Delhi and 10 from the United States, with many graduates assisting
from Delhi, Ludhiana, the United States and Australia.
It
could not be a better setting for me to give up my preconceived notions
about the Tibetans. I always think of Tibetans as suppressed people and
not educated. At first I was wondering if they could follow the language
of a Landmark Forum Leader from the US.
To
my utter surprise, they are well educated (most of them had their masters
degrees), well traveled wide and far (all over India and abroad as well),
though very gentle, soft-spoken and friendly. It is a privilege indeed to
be with them as we all engaged and inquired in the conversation for a new
possibility!
The
first day started with no hands going up except from the reviewers. But as
it happens in all Landmark Forums, everyone let go of their inhibitions and
participated fully. We had a real good time with all the Tserings, Tenzins,
Nyimas, Sonams... One monk, Domchoe stole all our attention, he was
nicknamed rightly the laughing Buddha and made a difference to all of us.
I
loved the breaks when we were hanging around with all the Tibetans and
getting to know a lot about them. We stayed up late on Saturday learning
about each other as well as with the guys from the other side of the globe
and getting to know how Landmark Education is making a difference there.
On
Day Three everyone was moved when a lady stood up and shared that the
distinctions from the Landmark Forum allowed her now to relate to Dalai
Lama not only as her leader - but beyond that, as a full partner on
working towards what they were up to.
On
that Sunday evening we had a gala time, singing in the freezing night in
the open for two hours. Richard also joined us in the end and then we
broke into singing and dancing in the traditional Tibetan way. Later it
was delightful to watch when they got into their small groups and danced
the night away. Finally at 2:00 AM we had to leave, as I had to drive back
to Delhi the next day.
As
we, the graduates, have come to anticipate, in this Landmark Forum I saw
many circumstances in my life in a new light which led to a breakthrough;
and the course has enabled me this time to complete and create a new
possibility with my parents.
On
Monday we went to McLeod Ganj, the upper part of Dharamsala, where Dalai
Lama is in residence, and to Norbulingka Institute, which preserves the
Tibetan culture. Driving back the ten hours stretch to Delhi, I was not regretting a single
moment I spent in Dharamsala.
Best
Regards,
V.L.Ramesh
 Unstoppable
from across the ocean, Landmark Graduate Joel Kehle shared on his website his experience
- with great photo journal and diary - as one of the People Who Assist at the First Landmark Forum in
Dharamsala.
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LIVES!
Read inspiring stories from Landmark graduates in action to fulfill new possibilities in their communities all over the world.
V.L.Ramesh lived in Delhi
when he wrote us this message in December 2002, a few days after the First Tibetan Landmark
Forum in Dharamsala, India.
An engineer, married with
twin boys, V.L Ramesh is a Landmark Curriculum graduate who assisted with
Landmark Education’s Delhi Center in the Introduction Leaders
Program and was then in the process of being candidated. V.L. Ramesh would
be moving to Chennai for a new job in the New Year 2003.
“What I'm up to now is to stand for this work of transformation
to be available for the people in Chennai, India.
"What I love the
most about this work of Landmark Education, is that people who have done
the Landmark courses and programs seem to be so friendly and warm. When I
meet anyone of them from any part of the world I start interacting with
them as if I have known them for years!”
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